Its all about my love for driving. The liberation I feel, and how it is my medium to get me all that I want to do. It helps me be spontaneous. It also helps me with any spontaneous acts of kindness.
November 2018: Happenings and Reflections.
Salaams to everyone! Hope you are enjoying this lovely November. I get very reflective in November. Is it the same with you? What with the year-end nearby and the changing season, the leaves turning to gold all makes one ponder about life! After November 20th 2011, my life changed. It happened, when I took my …
WordPress Conferences, Birthdays and More!.
Just so grateful for these happy moments of joy. When I’m getting involved with ‘lots to do’, I just fast-forward myself by asking, ‘How will I feel afterwards?’ If my answer is: ‘Yes’. Then I just go ahead with it. I know I can squeeze most of the activities; The trick lies, in delegating, and …
Words, Deeds and Trees…
This blog post is almost a continuation of my last blog post Ijaz Ahmed Khan – comparing a good word with a good tree.. Thinking it would be too long for you all, I decided to break them up into two. So, here it is, I know I’m late by a few minutes, but you …
Is My Life Meaningful?
What is life? Is it just this noise of the daily rushing around? Completing the ‘things to do’ list? Meeting deadlines, going from one rushy hour to the next? Always, counting to see if one can make ends meet, or get that little bit of extra too? Loving food, dresses, make up, handbags, car, house …
Election Day, 2018
My voting experience today. Under slept, tired and highly motivated, my daughter and I drove off to Rawalpindi to vote this morning. I knew the drive would take an hour. Weather is hot and humid these days, so we wanted to be there much earlier. But I had to bathe and change my eighty-three-year-old mother, …
Elections and Life Dichotomies .
In this blog I quickly take you through the past weeks’ events right into the election fever. Now it is Wednesday 18th July, 2018 , late evening. As usual so much is going on, in the international world and within the country. On top of it all that, there is one’s personal life. Many times …
Great Rules to live by!
I know, because I’ve tried them out for many decades. As a teenager, in Lahore, the word ‘ADVENTURE’ was painted on newspapers pasted on one side wall of my bedroom. An only child, I had a childhood filled with Enid Blyton books. I was raised with plenty of routine and discipline by my parents. As …
Rain water control, tree plantation, elections and my life.
July 2018 thoughts… I guess, I better accept that real life isn’t so streamlined. Half the year is over, I’m already behind schedule on lots of things. But then, I’ve also done a lot of things which were not in the ‘schedule’ but far more important; like engagement of my youngest daughter Waliya. Giving time …